Vehicle.



G. M. EATON.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION man SEPT.6,1910. RENEWED 05c. 1'. 1914.

1 1 55,224. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

WITNESSES:

COLUMBIA PLANMRAPH CO" WASHINW' D. C.

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GEORGE lVI. EATON, CF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB. TO WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND DIANUFACTURING COIVIEANEQA CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 28, 1915 Application filedseptember 6, 1910, Serial No. 580,768. Renewed December7, 1914. Serial No. 875,963.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE M. EATON, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of l/Vilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to railway and similar vehicles, and particularly to the side frames and journal boxesthereofand other parts that are associated therewith. 7

Though not limited to such a specific use, my invention is particularly applicable to railway vehicles having side frames between which'the axles are entirely located, and it has for one of its objects to construct and arrange the parts thereof so that the journal .boxes may be readily and conveniently removed from, andreplaced upon, the axles. Another object of my invention is to improve and strengthen the construction of plate side frames and to provide a rigid frame, the lower edge of which is unbroken by the usual pedestal openings. Moreover, I provide inclosed interior openings in the plate side frame to permit of the longitudinal removal of the journal boxes.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a sectional View of a part of a locomotive that embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of a part of the locomotive of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of some of the parts of the locomotive upon the line IIIIII of Fig.2.

The vehicle comprises a plurality of axlesl (only one of which is shown) that carry wheels 2, and the ends of which are provided with journal boxes 3 having verti-- cal ribs 4- that form guide channels. The vehicle also comprises a frame having side members 5 preferably in the form of plate girders, between which the axles l are entirely located. The webs of the girders or side frames 5 are. provided with inclosedinternal openings 6 that are located opposite the ends of the axles and through which the outer ends of the journal boxes 3 project. Said openings 6 are somewhat larger than the outer dimensions of the journal boxes 3, whereby the removal of the boxes through the openings is permitted.

Secured to, and projecting from, the inner faces of the side frames 5 are guide brackets V or pedestals 7 having guide portions which frame, having girder side journal boxes interfere Y able channel-shaped shoes 8 that are secured i to said brackets 7 and serve to maintain the journal boxes 3 'andthe brackets 7 in proper relative positions.

The structure set forth inspection of the journal boxes 3 and the parts inclosed thereby, and it also permits .of removing the journal boxes 3 from. the axles 1 through the openings 6 in the side frames 5 and avoids the necessity of dropping the axles out of the frame to renew or repair the journal boxes 8 or any of their parts. The removal of the journal-boxes 3 may be effected by first relieving the boxes of theweight of the locomotive, next detaching the shoes 8 from the guide brackets 7, then slidingsaid shoes vertically from between the brackets 7 V and the journal boxes 3, and finally sliding the journal boxes permits of ready whenever it is desired 3 from the axles 1 throu h the openings 6 beemployed generally I claim as my invention: 1. A vehicle truck comprising an axle, journal boxes upon the ends thereof, and a members between .plication to such specific structures, but may where found useful.

which the axle is located, the said girders being provided with apertures adjacent to the ends of theaxle through which the j ournal boxes project and may be removed longitudinally of the axle.

2. A vehicle truck comprising an axle, upon the ends thereof, and a frame'having girder side members between which the axle is located, the said girders being provided with apertures having integral top, bottom and side walls and located adjacent to the ends of the axle to permit removal of the journal boxes therethrough.

3. A vehicle truck comprising an axle,

j ournalboxes upon the ends thereof, a frame shoes for the said guide brackets the removal having side members between which the axle is located, journal box guide brackets carried by the side members of the frame, and

of'which permits removal of the journal boxes longitudinally of the axle.

Ibers and spaced apart a distance greater than the width of the journal box, and locking shoes removably fastened to said bracL- ets and located between the side projections of-esaid journal boxes. is

-5. A vehicle truck comprising an axle, a

journal box having side projections, a frame provided with an aperture havingintegral top,bottom and side walls and solocated as to permit'removal of the journal box, guide members thatare spaced apart a distance greater "than the width of the journal box,

and locking shoes interposed between the side projections of the journal box and removably fastened to the guide members.

6. A vehicle truck comprising'an' axle,'a

' journal box for said axle, a frame provided with an opening having integral top, bottom andside walls andso located as to permit removal of the journal box, guide members that are spaced apart a distance greater than the width of the journal box, and verti callyremovable locking shoes that are'fastened to the guide members and are horizontally interlocked with the j ournal'box.

. 7 A vehicle truck comprising an axle, a journalbox for said axle having guide'members, a frame provided with an opening havingiintegral top, bottom and sidewalls and so located as to permit removal of 'theejour 'nal box, guide members spaced apart a distance greater than that "between outer faces of the journal box guide members, and vertically removable locking shoes interposed i 1 between the said guide members of the frame and those of the journalbox,

' 8. In a vehicle truck the comlo nation with side frames having openings'therein, and an axle disposed between said side. frames, of

journal boxes associated with therespective ends of said axle and adapted, to cooperativelyj engage said side-frames within thev longitudinal planes thereof and" to be'iemoved longitudinally of the axle through said openings. 1

9. In a vehicle truck the combination'with side frames having'openings therein, and an axle transversely disposed with respect thereto and in alinement withsaid openings, of j ou'rnal boxes assocl'atedwith the respec- I tive ends of said axle, and means associated axle,

through said frame openings. I

with said side frames for cooperatively engaging said boxesinside the planes of the.

side frames, said boxes being longitudinally removable from the axle through the adjacent side frame openings.

10. In a vehicle truck, the combination with side frames having opposite interior inclosed openings therein, and an axle disposed between said side frames and having its respective ends located adjacent .to said opposite frame openings, of journal boxes associated with the ends of said axle" and adapted to be longitudinally removed from:

the axle through said frame openings.

11. In a vehicle truck, the combination cured to said side frames on the respective sides of said openings, of an' axle disposed between saidside frames,and journal boxes associated with the ends thereof and-coopera-ting with the'guidebrackets and adapted with side frames having openings therein, and inwardly projecting guide brackets sefor removal longitudinally of said axle 12. In a vehicle truck, the combination with an axle, and ,a plurality of journal boxes associated with the respective ends thereof, of side frames disposed substantially outside of said boxes and having openings therein to permit of the longitudinal removal of said boxes, and means associated with said side frames and located between them for cooperatively engaging said journalboxes and maintaining said boxes in a position.

' '13. In a vehicle truck, the combination F with anaxle, and 'a, plurality of journal boxes associated with the respective ends thereof, of side frames disposed substantially outside of said boxes and having openings therein to permit of the 'longitudinal: V

apart a distance greater than the width of removal of said boxes, inwardly projecting 'jOllIIlit'l box guide members that-are spaced terposed between said boxesand said guide members. j

14. In a vehicle truck, the combination with 7 an 5 axle, and a plurality of journal boxes associated with the respective ends thereof, of side frames disposed substan-x tially outside of said boxes and having openings thereinto permit of the longitudinal removal of said boxes,guide members for 7 said journal boxes that are spaced apart a greater dlstance than the width of said boxes and are associated with saidside frames on V the opposite sides of said openings, removable shoes interposed between said guide members and said boxes, and means for normally locking said shoes in position.

15. In a vehicle truck, the combination with a plate side frame having'an interior inclosed opening therein, anda journal box disposed substantiallyion the inside of said the journal boxes, and removable shoesinframe and operatively associated therewith and adapted to be outwardly removed through said inclosed opening.

16. In a vehicle, the combination with a plate side frame having an inolosed opening therein between the broken edges thereof, of a journal box located substantially on the inside of said frame and adjacent to said inclosed opening upper and lower ungust, 1910.

GEORGE M. EATON. I Witnesses:

- 0. W. MoGHnE, R. J. DEARBORN.

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